One Direction fans couldn’t believe their eyes when Capital FM posted an announcement on Twitter saying that Britain’s favourite boyband would make an appearance at this year’s Capital Summertime Ball. Not only was the festival supposed to be cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, One Direction also announced their hiatus in 2015 and haven’t been performing together ever since. In the tweet made on May 6 the radio station revealed that the annual event would still take place – only from home instead of Wembley Stadium, in a virtual show on May 16 at 5PM UK time.
Fans were freaking out when they discovered one special name in the line-up: One Direction were listed next to artists such as Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Little Mix and Shawn Mendes. But don’t get your hopes up too soon, reading the tweet carefully shows that the band is not actually reuniting from home. Instead, the radio station will show best-of performances that were made during the past eleven years at the Summertime Ball. One Direction performed at the Summertime Ball in 2015 before they went on hiatus, so we can expect a screening of what seems to be one of their last group performances.
ONE DIRECTION ARE GETTING BACK TOGETHER TO DO CAPITALS SUMMER TIME BALL IM SCREAIMUNG
— jo (@bvckyslut) May 6, 2020
Other artists that are mentioned in this classic performance line-up include the Jonas Brothers, Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, Camila Cabello, Coldplay and Katy Perry. “There’s something so special about Capital’s Summertime Ball – the fans, the amazing atmosphere as 80,000 listeners party along to their favourite artists on a summer’s day, and of course the incredible performances from the world’s biggest stars”, Capital Breakfast’s Roman Kemp said. “We hope you’ll all join us from home as we relive the best of Capital’s Summertime Ball live – it’s going to be an incredible show celebrating 11 years of the most iconic moments from the U.K.’s biggest summer party.”
This year’s Capital Summertime Ball was originally supposed to take place on the sixth of June but will now be streamed online May 16 on Capital FM radio as well as the Capital Youtube channel, Global Player and Sky One and will last for about two hours.
Little Mix will be starring in #BestOfCapitalSTB that’ll air on Saturday 16th May at 5pm UK Time!
It‘ll be a throwback to their iconic performances at the summertime ball! You can listen on Capital, watch on @GlobalPlayer, @SkyUK or worldwide on capital’s Youtube channel. pic.twitter.com/PQM3uWhgmm
— Little Mix Reports (@LMReports) May 6, 2020
